I Woke Up Early On My Born-Day...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Heh. Except I'm 34, not 20. And happy for it. I wasn't very good at being 20. But I was a decent 33. I think I'll do alright at 34.

Folks I'm going to take off today. I am going to go out and watch the people. Next year, I'm throwing a party. They are going to play Passion Pit, Parliament and Outkast.

I'm setting up an open thread for this afternoon.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/09/i-woke-up-early-on-my-born-day/27497/